Carla del Ponte claims that
international observers and politicians knew of plans for mass murder in
Srebrenica in advance.

It was known by the international community in 1995 that a mass-murder was
being prepared in the Srebrenica area in Eastern Bosnia, says ICTY
(International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) Chief Prosecutor
Carla del Ponte in an interview which appeared in the French Paris Match
magazine. The interview was conducted by Sylvie Matton published an
acclaimed book about Srebrenica (Flammarion, 2005).

The bloodshed in the Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, supposedly protected by
Dutch blue-helmets, was prepared by the Serb leaders Milosevic, Karadzic and
Mladic. Del Ponte argues 'internationals' knew about this, had discussed the
issue among themselves, but took no action. She also claims to know who
discussed the massacre before it happened.

During the mass-murder of Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica in July 1995
up 8000 or more men and boys were systematically murdered by Bosnian-Serb
attackers - army, paramilitaries and police forces. The ICTY has ruled in
more than one trial that these crimes constituted a genocide.

Del Ponte's statements in Paris Match make Frank Tiggelaar who posted on the
webforum
Justice Watch “wonder why she never followed up on the
complaint Francis Boyle filed with her on behalf of the Mothers of
Srebrenica and Podrinja Association in 2000.”

Quite a compelling question indeed.

Shortly after the complaint was filed with the ICTY, writes Tiggelaar, "its
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Graham Blewitt stated that it was frivolous, and
when Mrs. Del Ponte later visited the Mothers in Bosnia she said the ICTY
would not deal with the complaint."

Now she seemed to have given this a second thought.

However further developments
in this story suggest that del Ponte may regret some of the statements she
made. Read more on the excellent website dedicated to these issues:
www.domovina.net [website no longer
available]

Originally published at
http://blog.tagesspiegel.de/justworld/eintrag.php?id=169